Agasha Tomioko

Legend of the Five Rings card from Wrath of the Emperor

Card Type

Personality

Force

3

Chi

4

Honor Requirement

4

Gold Cost

8

Personal Honor

2

Clan

Phoenix

Keywords

Commander, Fifth Legion, Phoenix Clan, Shugenja, Water

Card Text

Water Reaction: After Tomioko attaches a Spell as a Limited, Open, or Battle action, take an additional action of the same type.

Legality

Rain of Blood (Diamond)

Deck

Dynasty

Story

2003 The Emperor's Eyes Top of Clan - Frank Dermody

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: In a message dated 10/22/2004 10:19:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time, writes:
  When on a card says "once per turn", you can play that reaction onevery player turn or only once in the whole turn.
  No. You only play the action "once per turn." If it says, "once per turn, per player," then that's a whole different ballgame.
  Marty, Can you clarify this? Every player has a turn start for them when they flip their dynasty cards up. Can't Agasha Tomioko be used once during every players turn?
  A: [MARTY] OOOOH. I see what he was getting at now. I misunderstood the original question.
  There is only one thing designated as a "turn" in L5R. L5R is not like say, the "Warhammer 40,000" minatures game where a game's "turn" is further subdivided into a series of "player turns."
  Only when an instruction - explicitly - makes such a distinction (like A Favor Returned unbowing, or the Rulebook letting you do things only on your own turn) is a distinction made between your turns and your opponent's turns.
  So if you have an Action that says, "Once per turn," you can use it once on your turn, and then once more on the next player's turn, etc..
  I originally thought the question had something to do with targeting a player "once per turn," and trying to use it on multiple opponents in the same turn. Sorry for the confusion.
  PANTS!
  - Marty Lund Deputy Rules Monkey Martin Lund, "Rules for 22 October 2004", 25 Oct 2004
• Q: This card have the following text:
  Reaction: Once per turn, after Tomioko attaches a Spell as a Limited, Open, or Battle action, take an additional action of the same type.
  My doubt is: If I cast in the Limited action Fist of Osano-Wo paying all cost, i can cast another Fist of Osano-Wo for free?
  If not what´s the utility of this ability in the Limited phase(for Battle is obvious)?
  A: The reaction triggers after attaching a spell, not casting a spell.
  For example, you could attach the Fist of Osano-Wo, use the reaction, and cast that Fist of Osano-Wo without other players having a chance to use any Open actions to neutralize your caster. Chris Fuchs, "Agasha Tomioko", 4 Jun 2007